Display-fixture.



S. E. SUMMERFIELD.

DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1'6. 191?.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

,SIGFRIED E. SUMMERFIELD, on .ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

DISPLAY-FIXTURE.

Specification of I etters'Patent. "Patented-Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed-October 16, 1917. Serial No. 196,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGFRIED E. SUMMER- FIELD, a citizen of :the UnitedStates. residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in DisplayFixtures, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

'- tioned base which holds the supporting rod so that in the displayingof goods, the device will stand with firmness.

A further object is in providing a device with a pyramid-ica'l shapedbase portion which is formed from a single piece of thin sheet material.

In the drawing forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the display device.

Fig. 2- is a plan view of the base portion of the device.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the base portion in crosssection as it would appear on the line3-'3 of Fig. 2, and illustosupport a rod 2. The rod 2 is formed trating a portion of a shoe indisplaying position upon the device.

Fig. l is a detail of a portion of the device illustrating a portion ofa ladys shoe upon the same.

Fig. '5 is a geometrical development of the base portion as it would bestamped out fromv a flat piece of sheet material.

- Fig. 6 is a perspective of a detail portion ofthe device. I

In the drawing, A represents a display device having base portion 1which is pyramidical in shape and which is adapted preferably of wireand extends through the opening 3 in the apex of the base portion 1. Thebase portion 1 is formed from a stamping from a thin sheet of material,the geo metrical development of the stamping 'be- 1 i-ng practicallysquare. As illustrated, the base 1 is a triangular pyramid when puttogether, having three displaying faces 4:, 5 and 6 upon whichadvertising matter can be stenciled orprin'ted such-as is illustrated inFig. 1. In the formation of the base portion 1, the face 4: is formedwith :pro- Jecting lugs which are adapted to be inserted in the slots 8formed along the line ofthe edge of the adjacent face 6 when the base 1is bent on the dotted lines 9 as illustrated in Fig. 5. lVhen the lugs 7are inserted in the slots 8,they are bent orclenched over as illustratedin Figs. 2 and 3 so as to hold the base 1 in thelform of a. triangularpyramid, thereby giving the three display surfaces d, 5 and 6 foradvertising matter. The face 6 has a tongue portion 10 projeot'ingtherefrom which is adapted to'lie against the inner surface of the faceit when i the base 1' is formed into a pyramid, thus strengthening thebase along the jointand materially stiffening the base portion 1. Thelower edge 11 of the tongue 10 is cut away so .as to prevent the tonguefrom coming into engagement with the surface on which the base 1 restswhen in use and, thereby, allowing easy assembling of the base. The baseportion 1 is rounded off on the corners 12 so as to prevent the samefrom marring the surface on which the base is set and also preventingthem from scratching.

The rod 2 is smaller'in diameter on its lower end and is formed with:a'threaded portion 13 upon which'the clamping nut/14 is adapted to bescrewed when the rod 2 is inserted in the opening 3- and the displayfixture A. is put together. A shoulder 15 formed on the rod 2 is adaptedto bear against the upper surface of the opening 3 in the apex of thepyramidical base portion 1, thereby allowing the clamping nut to rigidlysecure the rod 2 to the'base '1. l/Vhen the clamping nut is tightened onthe portion 13 of the rod 2, the upper edges 16 of the nut 1% areadapted to bear against the inner surfaces of the. sides 5 and 6 andagainst the inner surface of the tongue 10,- thereby stiffening the baseportion 1 and forcing the tongue 10 into close engagement 7 V with theinner surface'of the side 4. The nut 1e detachably holds the rod 2 andbase 1 together and serves as a locking means for the base portion. 1and particularly the v The upper portion of the rod 2 is bent so as toform a forward depending pear shaped loop 16 which in this construction,would lie at an angle to the surface on which the base portion 1 of thedisplay fixture is set. T he rod extends upward from the loop 16 to forma curved portion 1? and is bent from the portion 1'? so as to form adepending elongated loop 18 having upper and lower parallel portions 19and 20 respectively. The loop 18 bends downward from. the portion 17 andis formed so as to extend approximately at right angles to the portion17 and the forward loop 16.

In assembling the display device, the loop 16 is preferably placed so asto lie in a plane directly above and centrally disposed in relation toone of the edges of the pyrainidical base 1 which are formed when thebase is bent on the lines 9, thereby placing the loop 16 at the front ofthe display fixture and having the base portion extend forward under theloop 16 so as to properly balance the fixture when in use, thus thefaces 1 and 5 would be called the front faces of the base and the face6, the back face.

In use of the fixture A for displaying shoes. a mans shoe or other shoeswith a low broad heel, is positioned as is illustrated in Fig. 3 on theloops 16 and 18 and the curved portion 17 is adapted to curve downwardfrom the arch B of the sole of the shoe. The toe portion C of the shoerests on the side loop 16 and the heel D extends across the ends of theloop 18, thus holding the shoe in a tilted forward position so as togive a convenient position for the observer when the same is placed in adisplay or show window.

In the use of the fixture A for displaying ladies shoes with high heels,such as E illustrated in Fig. 4;, the lower surface 22 of the heel E isadapted to rest on the portion 20 of the loop 18 and the inner surface23 of the heel E is adapted to engage against the portion 19 of the loop18, thereby, holding the shoe in a very desirable way giving a neatappearance and firmness which is not found in the use of otherdisplaying de ices.

The fixture A is of very simple con truction being made up of a smallnumber of parts which are easily assembled and can be easily knoelmddown for shipment, packing. etc.. and in use, are very desirable as theyare properly balanced and proportioned so as to hold the shoe or articleto be displayed firmly and still not using a large cinnbersome device.

\Yhiie .l: have illustrated one particular form and con. ,rurtion ofdevice, I ilesire to have it understood that the drawings are onlyillustrative and my device can be carried out by other means and adaptedto other uses within the scope of the following claims 1. In a displayfixture having a, triangular pyramidical base portion formed from asingle piece of thin sheet material, a supporting rod fixed in said baseportion and extending up rard from the apex of said base portion, saidrod being formed from a single piece of wire and having its upper endbent so as to support a shoe in a displaying position.

2. 1n a device of the class described, comprising, a pyramirlical baseportion 'tornied of thin sheet material, a supporting rod having itslower end rigidly fixed in said base portion and its upper end bent toform a de pending pear shaped loop portion with a portion extendingupward from the apex of said loop and upper and lower parallel portionsbeing positioned at approximately right angles to said upwardlyextending portion, to form support on the upper end of said rod for thepurposes specified.

3. In a device of the class described, comprising, a triangularpyramidical base portion formed of thin sheet material, a tongue formedintegral with one of the sides of said base portion which is adapted tolie against the inner surface of the face adjacent the face carryingsaid tongue, to rein force said base portion alon its joint, asupporting rod extending through the apex of said pyrai'nidical baseportion and a trian gular nut threaded on the end of said rod andforming a clamping means to lock said tongue in position in said baseportion.

n. In a device of the class described hav ing a pyran'iidical baseportion formed of thin sheet material, a. rod having supporting meansformed on its upper end, an opening formed in the apex of said baseportion, a shoulder formed on the lower end of said rod and a clampingnut threaded on the lower end of said rod and being adapted to hold saidrod rigidly to said base portion and to hold said shoulder in engagementwith the apex of said base portion.

In a device of the class described, comprising, a pyramidical baseportion formed of thin sheet material, a supporting rod rigidly fixed insaid base portion and formed from a single piece of material, said rodlwing formed with toe and heel engaging' loops, said heel engaging loopbeing formed with a horizontal portion upon which the base of the heelof a shoe is adapted to rest and a horizontal engaging portion which isadapted to engage against the inner portion of the heel of a shoe so asto hold the shoe in a tilted forward position, substantially asdescribed.

SIGFRIICD E. SUMMERFIELD.

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